There are certain Neuro-linguistic Programming [NLP] skills that you need to master to be competent in this field. Some of them are: 1. Calibration: This means reading people's mind. You must have met some people who thought you were upset though you may have been very happy at that time. They failed to properly calibrate your feelings. Calibration involves reading what's going on in a person's mind no matter what physical actions he may be displaying. In the World Poker Championship, there's a lot of calibration. Here, people constantly calibrate people's behavior and judge who is bluffing and who really is in a strong position. 2. Detection of Patterns: Patterns actually forms the keystone of NLP. People always get confused regarding the use of this word in NLP. Here in NLP, patterns talks about events that are predicted to come about based on previous observations. An example is this is when a young child who observe his father constantly having his breakfast after reading the morning newspaper. So based on this observation, the child is able to deduce the next set of events whenever his father puts on the newspaper. Therefore, you have to master this skill in order that you will have the ability to make deduction. 3. Proper Questioning: There is a direct correlation to quality of information that you will receive based on the type of questions you ask. As such, you need to be able to frame a question properly to get the right kind of information that you need for your analysis. Ask precise and specific questions, which are relevant to the subject matter in question. You must be clear in your questioning and not ask a question which is capable of more than one meaning. 4. Reading the other party's eyes: This is also another skill which is extremely helpful to those who want to gain insight into another person mind. Researchers have found that when people try to recall something from their memories, their eyes will move in certain manners. Although these in itself cannot give direct inferences to a person mind, You can draw vital clues as to how a person is processing those information from their mind. If the have no problems, usually their eyes flick upwards. But if they have problems, their eyes movements will usually be down casted. Please bear in mind that the four skills explained above does not represent the entire list that you have to master. But they are the main skills which are a person need to master if he wish to be a competent NLP practitioner.
Although many captive parrots are aggressive, biting is not a natural behavior. In the wild parrots do not bite other parrots hard enough to make them bleed. Biting signals that something is wrong. While it is not easy to change this behavior, it can and should be addressed. If your bird bites, than he or she has some sort of motivation to do so. Once you learn how your bird is motivated, you can use this understanding to retrain your pet.
There are four main reasons that a parrot will bite. Birds will instinctively explore their surroundings with their beak, the way a baby will learn by putting things in its mouth. Often a bird will grip the owner's finger simply to investigate. The owner needs to tell the bird how hard it is allowed to ?explore.? Saying ?No? sharply and loudly imitates the vocal signal an adult parrot would use in the wild to communicate with a young bird that is acting out of bounds.
Another reason birds bite is to protect their territory. In a natural setting each bird bonds with one other bird. In captivity parrots usually bond with one human. Biting serves as the only available method to drive away outsiders from their territory.
The third reason a parrot bites is fear of the human that is forcing himself on the bird. Forceful movements or hugging can be viewed, from the bird's point of view as aggressive and frightening. The last reason a parrot bites is learned aggression. If biting leads to a desired result, the parrot will bite when he considers it profitable. For example, if a bird learns that when it is on the owner's shoulder, the owner will give it a treat to stop the biting, the bird will regularly bite. Or perhaps biting will lead to the bird being left on its perch and outside of the cage. In both cases the bird has a strong motivation to keep biting.
Before parrots resort to biting, they usually exhibit signs of non-violent aggression such as raising head feathers, a particular look of the eye, quick head movements, slick feathers, growling or pumping the beak forward. In the wild these signs would warn off another bird. The owner will often not notice the sometimes subtle body language that indicates that the bird is afraid or upset. The parrot cannot fly away, so it resorts to biting.
Parrot owners must become sensitive to how their pet communicates. It is important that you never make a parrot do something it does not want to do. In the wild, parrot social structure is not built on hierarchy or dominance. Parrots, unlike dogs, do not understand punishment or dominance because it is not part of their nature. Aggressive techniques will only lead to a more aggressive bird. Training should therefore be based on rewarding positive behavior instead of punishing negative behavior. The bird should be thought of as a partner and not an object to be dominated. If you understand why the bird is acting as it is, your attempts to change its behavior will be much more successful.
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